Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford

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Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, was a British Army general best known for commanding British forces during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, including the disastrous defeat at Isandlwana.

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Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
causeOfNotability command responsibility for the defeat at Isandlwana ⓘ
leadership during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
describedBySource British military histories ⓘ
works on the Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Thesiger ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial warfare ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
genre military history subject ⓘ
givenName Frederic ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn subsequent assessments of British colonial military leadership ⓘ
hasPartIn history of the British Empire in southern Africa ⓘ
history of the Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ
nobleFamily Thesiger family ⓘ
nobleTitle 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Isandlwana ⓘ
linked to: Isandlwana

controversy over his conduct of the Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
criticism following the loss of life at Isandlwana ⓘ
defeat of British forces at Isandlwana ⓘ
service in southern Africa ⓘ
subsequent British victory at the Battle of Ulundi ⓘ
notableWork Command of British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
positionHeld commander of British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War ⓘ
title Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
topicOf biographical studies of Anglo-Zulu War commanders ⓘ
historical debates about responsibility for Isandlwana defeat ⓘ

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Anglo-Zulu War → hasCommander → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford → hasSuccessor → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford → relative → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
2nd Baron Chelmsford → fullName → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Ninth Frontier War → hasCommander → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Battle of Ulundi → commander → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Baron Chelmsford → hasHolder → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
1st Baron Chelmsford → child → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Thesiger family → hasMember → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
Anna Maria Tinling → child → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ
British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War → commander → Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford ⓘ